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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2009; 15(39): 4865-4876
Published online Oct 21, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.4865
Biochemical mechanisms in drug-induced liver injury: Certainties and doubts
Ignazio Grattagliano, Leonilde Bonfrate, Catia V Diogo, Helen H Wang, David QH Wang, Piero Portincasa
Ignazio Grattagliano, Leonilde Bonfrate, Piero Portincasa, Clinica Medica “A. Murri”, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Medicina Pubblica, University of Bari Medical School, Policlinico, 70124 Bari, Italy
Catia V Diogo, Department of Zoology, Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal
Helen H Wang, David QH Wang, Department of Medicine, Liver Center and Gastroenterology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Digestive Diseases Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, DA 601, Boston, MA 02215, United States
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to writing and revising the paper.
Correspondence to: Piero Portincasa, MD, PhD, Clinica Medica “A. Murri”, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Medicina Pubblica, University of Bari Medical School, Policlinico, 70124 Bari, Italy. p.portincasa@semeiotica.uniba.it
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Received: July 28, 2009
Revised: September 4, 2009
Accepted: September 11, 2009
Published online: October 21, 2009
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